TheDailyMeal.com: 5 Food Beauty Myths

Egg White Facemask

Ritual: Egg white facemask, once a week Promised Results: Prevent/reduce wrinkles. Why it does not work: While it does have a temporary tightening effect, similar to if you put glue on your hands, the results are not permanent, lasting only an hour or even shorter. An alternative (that works) to create desired results: Purified bee venom that is found in Manuka Doctor Rejuvenating Face Mask. (Credit: Shutterstock) Click Here To See the Full Story from The Daily Meal

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Ritual: Egg white facemask, once a week Promised Results: Prevent/reduce wrinkles. Why it does not work: While it does have a temporary tightening effect, similar to if you put glue on your hands, the results are not permanent, lasting only an hour or even shorter. An alternative (that works) to create desired results: Purified bee venom that is found in Manuka Doctor Rejuvenating Face Mask. (Credit: Shutterstock) Click Here To See the Full Story from The Daily Meal

Ritual: The avocado mask, by slathering a smashed avocado in your locks. Promised results: Extreme hydration and shine. Why it does not work: “After the time it takes to actually pit the avocado, get just the right consistency of 'guacamole,' coat hair, get it off of your hands not to mention the extra half hour it takes to get it ALL out of your hair after the half hour it’s been soaking, you would've been better off going to the salon,” says Amanda Gabbard, beauty expert and makeup specialist at the Waldorf Astoria New York. An alternative (that works) to create desired results: The Guerlain Orchidée Impériale Mask or Super Aqua Mask, both available at the Guerlain Spa in the Towers of the Waldorf Astoria New York. (Credit: Shutterstock) Click Here To See the Full Story from The Daily Meal

Ritual: White granulated sugar from the kitchen mixed with water, once a week, as a face and body scrub. Promised results: Leave the skin clean and exfoliated. Why it does not work: “Granulated sugar is too big of a particle to do anything but irritate the skin,” says Joanna Vargas, celebrity facialist and founder of Joanna Vargas Salon and Skincare Collection. “It does not melt enough with water to really create the amazing glycolic acid mask that people are hoping for.” An alternative (that works) to create desired results: Vargas says to use brown sugar (about a half cup) mixed with a cup of yogurt and a 1/4 cup of honey. The brown sugar is super soft on the skin but just strong enough to really clean out your pores. The yogurt has lactic acid which will gently exfoliate you all over while the honey hydrates. It will leave the skin on the face and body really looking fresh and clean. (Credit: Shutterstock) Click Here To See the Full Story from The Daily Meal

Ritual: A rinse for hair using a half cup of apple cider vinegar and one cup of water, used after shampooing, twice a week. Promised results: Remove buildup and residue and leave hair shiny. Why it does not work: A vinegar rinse strips hair of essential oils and leaves it dry. An alternative (that works) to create desired results: “A dry oil like camellia or argan oil that will absorb instantly and nourish the hair and scalp,” says HollyBeth Anderson, Founder and Organic Alchemist of HollyBeth Organics, who recommends HollyBeth Organics' Hair and Body Silk. (Credit: Shutterstock) Click Here To See the Full Story from The Daily Meal